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Welcome to the History Archive of
Altrincham United Reformed Church.

Altrincham United
Reformed Church has two places of worship, Trinity Hale, and Woodlands
Timperley. They carry the records and traditions of three former churches
that were active during the 20th Century until the present. They are:

This project originated in 2014 when it was decided
to commemorate the centenary of World War 1, by first planting poppies
in the church grounds of both places of worship. This coincided with
a major refurbishment of the church building at Hale, resulting in services
being held for a few months in the church hall. This hall, however,
had been the original chapel when the church was founded, and we were
even using the original communion table. This inspired me (Jim McKnight)
to give an address one Sunday
concerning poppies, the church history, and leading up to the use of
the church as a hospital in WW1.

Poppies at Trinity Hale

Subsquently, when the new church was re-opened, it was
realised that it was ideal for exhibition purposes. Revd Brian Jolly
suggested that we hold a WW1 exhibition with an expanded history of
Trinity, Hale, and inviting members to give material from their family
histories. The exhibition was organised by Phil Reeves and Rebecca Leggat
and covered the week of Remembrance Day 2014.

The new friendship area at Trinity Hale.

Jeremy Cocker took on the
arduous task of researching the stories of those who had died from our
congregations. This resulted in a Roll of Honour for each of the three
churches who sent men abroad. These give unique insights to those people
who worshipped in Altrincham, and then gave their lives for their country.